The stall owner saw that several people were holding steamed buns but not eating them. His eyes were unclear and he asked, "Why don't the guests eat? Do you think something is not to your liking?"
"It's too hot. Wait until it cools down before eating." Wen Yuan interjected.
Seeing her sincere eyes, the stall owner said nothing more and returned to the bun stall to continue soliciting business.
While soliciting business, the stall owner seemed to be chatting with people about the legend of the village.
"I'm telling you, it's dark...you must not cross that river."
The man's suspicious look attracted the attention of the diners, "Tell me, why can't you cross that river?"
The stall owner looked around at the situation. Seeing that it was getting late, he felt that the time was ripe. He quietly said: "In that river, a pregnant woman who was pregnant with Liujia died a few years ago. She was pushed to death by her husband in the water. There, this female ghost is so full of resentment that anyone who passes by there after dark will be haunted by the ghost at worst, or be killed at worst!"
Is there really something so evil? Wen Yuan turned to look at Quan, only to see him holding back a smile and shaking his head.
The stall owner was afraid that they wouldn't believe it, so he even gave an example of a customer who had eaten his steamed buns before, "Last year, there was a brave man who didn't believe in ghosts and gods and insisted on crossing the stone bridge at night. Oops, he happened to catch up with the female ghost again. On the anniversary of his death, he was found dead in the river the next day.”
The more he talked, the more enthusiastic he became. It happened that it was going to rain at this time. Soon the sky was covered with dark clouds and a cool breeze blew. The diners were so scared that they hurriedly ate their steamed buns and crossed the river in groups before it was too late.
Wen Yuan and the others were the only ones left in the stall. The stall owner moved a small stool and sat next to Wen Yuan. "Guests, you see it's getting late. There happens to be an inn here, otherwise we'll just be there for a while." Night?"
If he hadn't known that he had other purposes, Wen Yuan would have thought that he was just an ordinary businessman soliciting business.
She looked at Xiang Quan to ask for his consent, and the man nodded in agreement, "Indeed, it's getting late today, and it's unrealistic to rush on any further. Just stay here for one night."
"Okay, boss lady! Boss lady! Here's to business!" The stall owner shouted loudly into the inn, until a voluptuous woman walked out.
It turned out that he didn't run the inn, which Wen Yuan really didn't expect.
The proprietress twisted her waist and walked out of it. She covered the three men with a handkerchief with a strong fragrance, and the rain and dew didn't touch any of them. "Please come in with some guests. The upper room is ready."
"Mom boss, this is the potpourri powder from the Western Regions. It's much sweeter than what you are using now. I give it to you." She gave the boss woman a box of her commonly used fragrance powder.
The woman immediately smiled and said, "Oh, thank you, girl." She opened the box and smelled it closer. After just one moment, she immediately fell in love with it, "It's really a rare product."
Back in the room, Chunhua was puzzled by Wen Yuan's behavior, "Why did Miss give her that box of fragrant powder? This year, the palace got a total of five boxes, one for each of the Queen Mother and the Queen, and the remaining one was given to Miss. This is not cheap for her." Yet?"
"What is the best feature of potpourri powder?"
"Yes..." Chunhua thought about it for a while and then understood Wen Yuan's intention, "Miss wants to..."
"Yes, potpourri powder will leave a faint aroma once it is stained, and it will not disappear easily. I just want to see what kind of medicine they sell in the gourd."
At night, Wen Yuan released the white cat, "Go, smell the scent of powder on my body and look for the relevant person."
The white cat looks particularly dazzling in the dark night, but no one cares about a cat that emerges out of nowhere. Those who see her just think she is a wild cat.
"These guys are good guys. Wait until later and blow some incense into their rooms. I think those three men are difficult to deal with, so I need to blow more." The man is the boss of this landlady. Obviously, women are nothing. Everyone listens to him.
After all, the landlady is a person with all kinds of emotions. She was really moved when she saw Shen Huaiyan and the three of them, "You can't let me..."
The man pinched the woman's waist, "What? Do you still want to taste this pretty girl?"
The landlady coquettishly sat on the man's lap, "Don't you have any interest in that lady? Your eyes are almost falling off her."
This is true... The man kissed the woman's neck and tickled her, "Okay, go and do what I tell you. You will be indispensable when it comes to the end."
The two of them made a lot of money from this human meat bun. Judging from their past experience, the more noble and handsome the young man and the young lady, the more fragrant and delicious the meat minced by the young lady.
That's why men would keep an eye on Wen Yuan and the others because they were interested in their temperament and appearance.
At midnight, the proprietress personally took the incense and blew it into the room. An hour and a half later, she opened the door and walked into the room. She saw that several people had passed out like dead pigs and asked the man to drag them away.
The white cat appeared behind her with light steps. The proprietress was startled when she turned around and kicked the white cat, "Where did you come from, dead cat? Get away."
"Meow!" The white cat scratched the woman's foot with a paw.
Wen Yuan got his wish and was taken to the place where they processed human meat buns. The fishy smell made Wen Yuan gag.
While chopping the meat that had not been used up last time, the man said to Wen Yuan who was tied to the ground: "I knew you were faking. What do you want to do?"
"That's why I'm asking you what you want to do." She slowly stood up from the ground.
The man who was chopping up the meat picked up a finger and put it into his mouth and started chewing it raw. Wen Yuan shivered when he saw it. "You really are a little lady who has never seen the big world. She is just a little bit of human flesh. What are you afraid of? You will be like this in a while." End."
But the man didn't expect that while he was talking to Wen Yuan, three men stood silently behind him, "Stall owner, how much is a bun for you?"
The same words made his hair stand up instantly. He slowly turned his head and faced an enlarged handsome face.
He immediately picked up his meat-chopping knife and pointed it at the three of them, "You...what do you want to do!"
"We wanted to take you to the government, but it was too much trouble, so we decided... to just... kill you."
Quan directly grabbed the man's neck and threw him into the stove. The man's screams were particularly harsh in such a silent night.
In fact, wherever there are female ghosts seeking their lives, and there are stone bridges that cannot be crossed in the dark, they are just tricks he uses to trick others into staying the night.
In the past few years, he had indeed killed many people and thrown them into the river in order to create the illusion that there were water ghosts in the river so that passing diners would believe it.
After dealing with the man, there was still one boss lady left. When a few people went to look, the woman had already been scratched by the white cat and was covered in blood. She was lying on the ground moaning in pain uncontrollably.
"Kill him, and then leave a note. Someone will see it and report it to the official." Wen Yuan looked at the woman on the ground indifferently and said in a deep voice.
After resting in the inn for a night, the group set out early the next morning. By the time people discovered the two bodies, it was already seven days later.
This incident even spread to another village, "Have you heard? The bun seller in the neighboring village... actually uses human flesh as filling."
"I heard it. It seems that I met a master when I wanted to kill people again."
A few people ate wontons and listened to the villagers chatting. They were secretly happy. It seemed that they had done something good.
"We are almost to Cangquanzhou. I heard that it is a prosperous place. I must have a good time there then."
Speaking of Cangquan Prefecture, Wen Yuan had wanted to go there for a long time. He heard that the wine there was one of the best in the Dragon Kingdom. "It will take about three to five days to get there. When you get there, don't run around. You have to be at ease." My heart is with the three of us.”
"Ouch...Master, I am also a person who can protect myself now, okay? Why do you always treat me like a child?"
"You are just a child in our eyes."
Five days later, the group successfully arrived in Cangquanzhou.
As soon as I arrived in Wenyuan, I was shocked by the prosperity here. It was not inferior to the capital city at all. At first glance, it was a well-developed place.
"Wow... I've never seen these kinds of food before." She trotted along with Chunhua, taking a look here and there.
The three men followed obediently, attracting a lot of attention.
"Look, there are three handsome men over there. They are so good-looking."
They followed Shen Huaiyan and the others like they were watching a strange species. Wen Yuan couldn't see it, so he held Shen Huaiyan's arm with one hand and hooked Quan with the other, "Let's go! Go to the front, there is delicious food ahead!"
After he was done, he looked at the women provocatively, not even forgetting Chi Zhaoyue, "Ah Yue, hurry up and follow me, Chunhua is waiting in a hurry."
"You really can't bear any loss."
A few people found an inn to stay first, and Wen Yuan decided to stay here for a few more days. "Even if you are playing, you can't forget to practice hard. Do you still remember what my teacher told you?"
Quan was still very responsible when it was time to be strict, "You have been slacking off while traveling around the mountains and rivers in the past few days. Please stay in the inn for me to practice today. You are not allowed to go anywhere."
Quan had heard of Cangquan Prefecture before and knew that this was a place where cultivators flocked to, so he had to explore here carefully to avoid not knowing he had entered a den of thieves.
The three of them did not dare to use their demonic powers in the city at will, lest they be discovered by some meddlesome demon hunter.
The next day, Wen Yuan, accompanied by Chun Hua, went to the street. There were acrobats, candy makers, singers and dancers, and everything else, which was no less impressive than in the capital city.
"Wow! Chunhua, look at that top player. He's really good. I've never learned how to play top..."
"Yes, miss, look at the spinning top they put behind them. It's so big. It weighs dozens of kilograms, right?"
Wen Yuan looked intently at the big vat-like top, which probably weighed hundreds of kilograms. "I can't stop looking at it. Hey, look at that one over there..."
She pointed her finger towards the acrobats over there. There was a tall and thin man standing on stilts, which completely attracted Wen Yuan's eyes, "Oh my God, such high stilts."
